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Nov. 10, 2012

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Doralee Freebairn of Holladay knows the doubt and pain that people experience when a loved one suddenly goes missing.

Fifty-one years ago, her brother was among a group of hikers caught up in an unexpected flash flood in Zion National Park. Five people died in the flood, but only three of the bodies were found - a scoutmaster from Murray and two Salt Lake Valley Boy Scouts in his care.

Freebairn's brother, Alvin Nelson, and his best friend, Frank Johnson, both 17, remained missing until a skull fragment found in 2006 was identified as Nelson's earlier this year. ...